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1. JUDGE GROUP'S RARE STANCE VO/SOT
2. UCLA STUDY CRITICIZES PROP 36 VO/SOT
3. CALIFORNIA GUARD HELICOPTERS DEPART VO
2. UCLA STUDY CRITICIZES PROPOSITION 36 VO/SOT
LIVE:
A NEW UCLA STUDY CONCLUDES PROPOSITION 36 ISN'T WORKING AS EXPECTED BY BACKERS OF THE BALLOT INITIATIVE, WHICH VOTERS APPROVED IN 2000. THE PROPOSAL PROVIDES FOR TREATMENT INSTEAD OF PRISON FOR NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENDERS.
SUPER: TODAY/SACRAMENTO
VO: (:30)
UNDER PROPOSITION 36, NONVIOLENT DRUG OFFENDERS ARE OFFERED TREATMENT AT LOCAL CENTERS RATHER THAN GOING TO PRISON. THE STUDY SAYS THERE'S INADEQUATE FUNDING, PARTICIPANTS ARE DROPPING OUT AND THERE'S INCREASING ARRESTS FOR DRUG AND PROPERTY CRIMES. BUT THE REPORT ALSO SAYS THE PROGRAM IS SAVING TAXPAYERS MONEY BECAUSE A THIRD OF OFFENDERS RECOVER AND VIOLENT CRIME ARRESTS ARE DOWN DISPROPORTIONATELY IN CALIFORNIA. THE STATE PUTS $120 MILLION A YEAR INTO THE PROGRAM, WHICH IS CARRIED OUT BY COUNTIES. STATE DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROGRAMS DIRECTOR RENEE ZITO SAYS PROPOSITION 36 SUPPORTERS WANT DOUBLE THE FUNDING.
SUPER: RENEE ZITO/DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROGRAMS
SOT: (:11)
SAYS: "THE REALITY IS THAT WE ARE IN A TOTAL CRISIS IN THIS STATE. AND I DON'T HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT. I MEAN, THIS IS. WE'RE GOING BACK IN AGAIN TO LOOK AT MORE CUTS IN THIS STATE."
VO TAG:
A MEASURE SIMILAR TO PROPOSITION 36 OF EIGHT YEARS AGO IS ON THE BALLOT NEXT MONTH. OPPONENTS OF PROPOSITION 5 ON THE NOVEMBER BALLOT ARE SAYING IT WOULD TRY TO EXPAND ON A DRUG CRIME AND TREATMENT PROGRAM THAT ITSELF IS STILL EXPERIENCING GROWTH PAINS.
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SUPER: RENEE ZITO/DEPARTMENT OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROGRAMS
SOT: (:29)
SAYS: "UCLA HAS A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS THAT THEY HAVE MADE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING THE COUNTIES TO DO, FOR INSTANCE, IS TO IMPLEMENT SOME DRUG COURT PROCEDURES IN THE PROCESS, TO USE NARCOTICS, TO MAKE BETTER USE OF RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT."
SOT: (:10)
SAYS: "THIS IS TO ME THE IMPORTANT THING ABOUT PROPOSITION 36...PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN THROWN IN JAIL PRIOR TO THIS ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET WELL AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THAT.''
